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(05/02/16 7:54pm)
It's the last Music For Your Monday, and it almost didn't even happen. Go to class, I promise it will pay off in the end when you have to ask for professor for an extension on you capstone paper. You will get it. You will not cry in public. It will be good. Anyway, here's some music. For the last time. Stop crying in public!!!!!!!
I can't believe there's a Weezer song on the last Music For Your Monday, not because I have anything against Weezer, it's just like...Weezer. Anyway, this song is really sad and good and pathetic! Rivers Cuomo may be a dad now, but he still sings and writes lyrics like he's 22-years-old getting his heart broken every other week.
For a few glorious hours on Saturday, I had the promo for Modern Baseball's upcoming album, Holy Ghost. It is extremely good. Here's an acoustic set that Jake and Brendan did a week or two again, playing some new tracks from the album ("Note To Self" is amazing) and some older tunes. The acoustic version of "Apple Cider, I Don't Mind" is too good, we don't deserve it, yet here it is. What a time to be alive.
Julien Baker has one of those voices that will make you stop in your tracks because it's just do delicate, but at the same time incredibly powerful. Couple that with her lyrics, and you've got one of the most exciting, new voices in music this year. She's starting to get some press, both the New York Times and The New Yorker have published pieces about her in the past week, plus she played a few songs with Sharon Van Etten. It's good, sad music, and that's all I've really asked for.
I am truly so blessed to have both a journalism and history degree to keep me warm after I graduate!!
Gabby Smith has a stupid good voice, and it's especially stupid good on this song.
Honestly how else would I have ended this?
Ok here's a bonus track that we can all cry to together.
It's been real
(04/25/16 4:28pm)
After this, there's only one Music For Your Monday left, ever. How will you survive Mondays? Same.
Gold Chain- Gosh Pith
Last summer I was bored at work and found Gosh Pith on Soundcloud. The duo from Detroit makes this beautifully sounding music that I love the most because it's impossible to box it into a single, hyphenated genre. They released the Gold Chain EP earlier this year, and all four songs are worth your time.
Drunk and On A Star- Kevin Morby
To be fair, this entire album is nearly perfect. "Drunk and On A Star" is a current fave, and I fully plan to credit it at the end of my capstone paper for helping me get through 40~ pages on the future of journalism. Singing Saw was released a week ago, and if you haven't listened to it yet...please do that.
Third Eye- Florence + The Machine
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful is the gift that keeps on giving. Even though the album will be out for a year in June, Florence has been releasing music videos for each song as chapters in The Odyssey. Starting with "What Kind of Man" last year, we've made it to 'Third Eye," which is one of my favorites from the album. (But to be fair picking a favorite track from How Big is like choosing a favorite child). The video doesn't end with the recorded track; it continues with live footage of Florence taking the stage and singing the refrain from the song "I'm the same, I'm the same I'm trying to change." I want to listen to this forever.
Pt. 2- Kanye West
I had a religious experience over this weekend while listening to this song because of the Imogen Heap sample. It's really just like nothing else I've ever heard! When I downloaded Yeezus, I thought that somehow I got a messed up version of the album because the samples just jumped all over the place and there seemed to be no continuity. TLOP takes that idea to a new level. This record, "Pt. 2" especially, appears to be disjointed, messy, jarring. Songs don't need to go verse chorus verse bridge verse! Sample Imogen Heap in a Kanye song! It's 2016, why are we still listening to what people say we can and cannot do?
Apple Cider, I Don't Mind- Modern Baseball
It's an emo/indie song written as a pop song in the way that it has been stuck in my head since I first heard it a month or so again. But it's sad, literally the first line is "did you ever love me?" Looking forward the most to this album on May 13. Also notice that Jake is wearing a Pinegrove shirt. I love everything about this.
(04/18/16 11:07pm)
Only a few Mondays left in the semester, so that means only a few more Music for Your Mondays- NO YOU'RE CRYING NOT ME STOP IT.
Here's some good tunes I've been enjoying, especially now that I can enjoy them outside in this beautiful weather, or driving in my car with the windows down, spring time in Bloom never disappoints.
"Emotions And Math"- Margaret Glaspy
My two least favorite things in this world, besides human suffering, are probably emotions and math. Yet, Margaret Glaspy is able to make truly enjoy a song called "Emotions and Math." Yeah, it's that good. She's coming to Bloomington May 26, opening for the Milk Carton Kids at the Bus-Chum.
"Your Best American Girl"- Mitski
NATURALLY, Mitski made the greatest music video ever for "Your Best American Girl" because this song truly only deserves the best. I'm fairly certain that the comments section on YouTube for this video contain the only 100% positive comments in the entire YouTube universe. Let me know if I'm wrong. Mitski's latest, Puberty 2 comes out June 17 via Dead Oceans, thank god that's only two months away.
"I Would Hate You If I Could"- Turnover
Every other band that I've fallen in love with this year seems to be signed to Run For Cover. Whatever. I was listening to Turnover last night and stopped at this song to see the name and save it to my Spotify faves. Once I saw the title I laughed to myself because of course this is the one I liked enough to pause writing a paper to save. The song, like so many others, is about lamenting a lost love, but is so #relatable in the worst/best way.
"Golden Days"- Whitney
The only way to describe this song is :'). I'm fairly certain that is the greatest song of all time to listen to with your windows down, but I guess I'll have to do it all spring and summer before I'm sure. Whitney is releasing Light Upon the Lake the first week of June via Secretly Canadian and it is going to be Good.
Tiny Desk Concert- PWR BTTM
If you haven't watched this yet...do that. Now.
(04/08/16 10:13pm)
Due to unseasonably chilly weather, Culture Shock 2016 is relocating from Dunn Meadow to Rhino's Music Club.
The set times are the same, and the art wall, tie dye station, and vendors will be outside Rhino's in the parking lot. Culture Shock and vendor merchandise will still be available for purchase as well.
For more information, check out our Culture Shock page, Facebook event, and Twitter for updates throughout the day.
(04/04/16 3:55am)
One of my favorite political terms is "lame duck." Like so many other things in politics, it doesn't make much sense, but truly is a great image.
As of today, I am a lame duck. After three years of running wiux dot org to the ground, the time has come (I'm graduating), and two extremely wonderful, talented people will take over, starting May, and continue to produce the stellar content that you've all come to expect from this website.
Regardless, it's Monday, so of course I have some music for you.
One of the first lessons my mom taught me was to never drink and drive. Pretty weird advice for a five-year-old who had no concept of alcohol, nor the imagination that she would ever operate a motor vehicle. Anyway, in this new track from Car Sear Headrest, the message is pretty similar to my mom's. Lead singer Will Toledo wrote a song apologizing for his past reckless behavior, singing you can't "rationalize it." The song also has one of my favorite lyrics I've heard this year, "I have become such a negative person/it was all just an act/it was all so easily stripped away." So good. Good song, great band, new record coming out in May, keep those eyes out for it.
My favorite commentary I saw on this track was in Stereogum, comparing the song to Brand New's "Seventy Times 7": "Both songs are about really, really, really hating a band; in the case of Brand New, that band is Taking Back Sunday. In the case of PUP, that band is their own." Perfect song for when your head in running in a million different directions.
Porches was one of the best bands I saw at SXSW a few weeks ago. Their latest record, Pool, sounds incredible live, but it's "Headsgiving" that I can't stop listening to. It's something about singing "what did you do when you wanted to die" and then going into that awesome riff and then "and then you wake up and you don't want to die anymore/it's happened before." Take your sappy Michael Bublé love songs and throw them away.
Ayyyyy you head about the good news? TLOP is on Spotify.
For a few years, American rock music has been pretty dead. There haven't been too many new and particularly noteworthy or exciting bands. Enter Kevin Morby. He has this Dylan-esque snarl and rich lyrics, plus in "Dorothy," the horns add a whole new layer that makes his music so fresh sounding. His newest record comes out 4/15.
Frankie Cosmos' latest came out on April Fool's Day, but no joke it's great. (Sorry) "Embody" is one of the best on the album. It's a love song to friendship, which has gotta be the best kind of love song there is.
(04/01/16 2:36pm)
From Collins to the Co-op, Bloomington’s self-proclaimed hippest let out a collective yelp when they read on Twitter that Creed and Nickelback endorsed their lord and savior, Sen. Bernie Sanders this morning.
"Red Hot Chili Peppers I could handle. Vampire Weekend, duh Ezra Koenig totally gets it, he went to like, an Ivy and started a band instead of a hedge fun," freshman Collinsite Juliana Russell said, "But Nickelback? That hurts me on a deep level."
Best known for being relentlessly harassed on the Internet for their lack of musical talent, Creed and Nickelback join numerous other artists, bands, and musicians that have endorsed the Democratic-Socialist Senator from Vermont.
Sen. Sanders is officially running for the Democratic nomination, though he has been a registered Socialist- one of the only in government- for over 20 years.
"I definitely believe that people should go to college for free," sophomore Joey Chambers said. "A terrible band like Creed isn't going to make me change my mind that the older generations should pay for all the ways they screwed up the country- and the world for us. Did you see that in 85 years the entire Atlantic coast is gonna be washed up cause the polar caps will melt? The least they could do is pay for our college."
When Sen. Sanders first announced his campaign last May, many were skeptical of how a self-described Socialist from Vermont could run a successful campaign against Sec. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was all but guaranteed the Democratic nomination.
Sen. Sanders successfully surprised pundits and politicos alike when he created a strong coalition of grassroots activists- many of them students- who shared his dream for a "political revolution," to solve income inequality in America. Supporters contrast his authenticity with Sec. Clinton's "YAAAAAAS" shirts for sale on her campaign website.
His minimal foreign policy experience compared to Sen. Clinton's does not seem to bother supporters.
"Isn't the lead singer of Nickelback from Canada?" Russell asked.
***
A group of friends outside of the Bloomingfoods at 2nd St. seemed distraught over kombucha.
"You see, Bernie is the perfect candidate for us," senior James Powell said. "I'm like the most apathetic person in Indiana. But Bernie makes me actually care about the issues, I actually watched a debate instead of fiddling with my guitar pedals for the millionth time. But an endorsement from Creed...I don't know what to make of that."
His friend, senior Ruth Diaz nodded in agreement.
"I've always been low-key into politics," Diaz said. "But none of my friends really cared. Bernie gets everyone really excited about the future of our country, but honestly I feel sort of weird that Chad Kroeger and I both like the same thing."
Chad Kroeger is the lead singer of Nickelback.
"Isn't Chad married to Avril Lavigne?" Powell asked. "You like her right?"
"Only ironically, you know I like, exclusively listen to vaporwave now," Diaz said.
Bloomingtonions' dealt with their existential crises brought on by the endorsements in the only way they could- Pint Night at The Bishop, followed by Root Cellar Karaoke.
At The Bishop, the volume and debate increased as the $3 pints of 3 Floyds were guzzled.
At one table, seniors Tara Pittman and Roger Ellis argued whether or not they would still vote for Sen. Sanders in the primary election on May 3.
"Endorsements don't matter," Ellis said. "If Bernie isn't swayed by big money, he won't be swayed by bad bands."
Pittman disagreed.
"God you're such a Bernie Bro," she said, rolling her eyes. "I don't think I can vote for Bernie after both Creed and Nickelback shared the official support. I really just can't align myself with people like that."
When asked is she would instead vote for Sec. Clinton, Pittman said she would consider reading more about her positions, but "probably not, I don't even know if I'm registered to vote."
Over at the Root Cellar, the mood seemed a bit more lighthearted.
A couple sang a duet of David Bowie's "Starman," as an homage to Sen. Sanders playing the song at his rallies.
Some openly discussed the endorsements, but most admitted to going out to ignore the new reality.
"Tonight is all about having fun," junior Max Chung said. "Tomorrow I'll deal with the fact that I'm supporting the same candidate as Creed."
Not all seemed so upset. Junior Adam Kramer said that if anything, it will bring Sen. Sanders even more support.
"It's all about the memes," Kramer said. "Creed and Nickelback are huge music memes, we all make fun of them! And the Bernie campaign runs on memes."
One of the most popular Facebook groups among Sen. Sanders supporters is aptly named " bernie sanders' dank meme stash."
"Honestly government is so corrupt," Kramer said. "Only rare Pepes can get Congress back to passing laws again."
(03/31/16 4:12am)
The three coolest sisters in music are back with new music, and tour dates.
Haim announced headlining dates, in addition to previously announced festival dates on Wednesday morning. The still unnamed album is their follow up to their acclaimed debut, Days Are Gone.
Since then, Este, Danielle, and Alana, have been touring, hanging out with Taylor Swift (and opening for some of her 1989 shows last summer) and hanging out with Rostam of Vampire Weekend. They also host an excellent Beats 1 radio show called "Haim Time" where they choose a theme for the week and battle for the best playlist.
Haim is set to play in Indianapolis on June 6, at the Old National Centre.
Check out the preview, and the rest of their tour dates, and tonight I'll dream about one day having a middle part as glorious as the Haim sisters'.
NEW SONGS. NEW SHOW. THIS SUMMER.NEW SONGS. NEW SHOW. THIS SUMMER.
Posted by HAIM on Tuesday, March 29, 2016
(03/25/16 12:54am)
The sun set at 8:02 p.m. tonight.
(03/22/16 10:07pm)
Like running a marathon, SXSW requires preparation, endurance, boundless energy, strength, inner peace, lots of carbs, and a day or two of recovery.
I spent my spring break with some of my best friends, eating tacos and seeing shows. I also stood about three feet away from All Song's Considered's Bob Boilen at a PWR BTTM show. All around A++ week.
Here are the my favorite five acts that I saw throughout at SXSW 2016.
Gallant
None of us knew of Gallant before heading to Austin, we just went to the show cause people said he's great. And yes. Yes he is. With an incredible falsetto and strong backing band, Gallant put on an unforgettable show at the D.C. showcase in the spacious backyard at the Scoot Inn. In about 10 months when Gallant is the Next Big Thing, I'll be happy to say that I saw him before he was cool because 1) I'm a pretentious music snob 2) his music is ideal for smaller venues, not the stadiums that he'll soon be filling.
Porches
I've heard so many times that Porches' live show is incredible, but after hearing Pool, I had no idea how the synths and spaciousness quality of the songs would translate on stage. On Wednesday night, I planned to see the band until I realized 20 minutes before they went on that I was at the wrong venue. Shannon and the Clams were still pretty good though. Anyway, we power walked a few blocks and made it to the Sidewinder five minutes before their 1:15 a.m. set, chatting with Greta Kline aka Frankie Cosmos aka Aaron Maine aka Porches girlfriend and it was all an indie pop dream. Porches has perfected their live sound, creating a perfect balance between the synths and instrumentation, putting on a rock show for 2016. Between being on the water, the stars, and the subdued, memorized crowd, Porches was easily one of the best shows I saw all week. "Headsgiving" sounded truly flawless with the added synths. It was so good that on Friday I saw the band again at noon at the Spotify (more like brands brands brands brands) House. It was a completely different crowd, and Maine gave the finger to the crowd (or maybe all that the show stood for) for a good 30 seconds in between songs at on point. Still, once again, the music sounded outstanding. 7/7 recommend seeing Porches if you have the opportunity.
Pinegrove
I haven't been able to shut up about Pinegrove since January, and for a good reason. This band is so good. They were playing at the Run For Cover showcase at a biker/metal bar, and let's just say I did not fit in with the clientele. But the second that Pinegrove began to play, I felt right at home. Their music has this sense of familiarity to it, almost a nostalgic feeling to something that is still happening. Don't let anyone persuade you that of indie rock is dead.
All Dogs
Great vocals, lots of guitar, sad lyrics, literally there is nothing I can ask more for in a band. I saw All Dogs twice, once at Cheer Up Charlie's with the rest of the indie rock music industry on Tuesday afternoon, and on Thursday at the Topshelf + Father/Daughter Records showcase. Both solid shows, plus opening up with "The Garden" nearly made me cry both times I saw the band :')
PWR BTTM
The weirdest part of listening to Ugly Cherries is not hearing Liv and Ben chat in between songs. Seriously though, next album they should consider doing skits á la Kanye West circa College Dropout in between songs. Half of a PWR BTTM show is the music, the other half is Liv and Ben's outrageous personalities, making the exhausted audience crack up between songs, singing "one, two, three" alongside Ben during "I Wanna Boi." There's stage presence, and then there's PWR BTTM. The music itself is the amalgam of classic rock riffs and solos with punk rock drumming and pop lyrics; no one else has ever made music quite like this. It's arguable, and hopefully what 2016 sounds like. Welcome to the gospel of PWR BTTM.
(03/22/16 2:41am)
It's March Madness.
IU is in the Sweet Sixteen!
CBS Sports controls the broadcasting rights for the tournament, which also means that their graphics team has the opportunity to create all sorts of cool #shareable graphics for all you sports fans out there.
This is one of the graphics they created for the Sweet Sixteen. I will breakdown exactly what happened to each of these poor mascots (and Tom Crean) that led them to looking like...this.
Duke Blue Devils (top left):
Duke, hilariously rhymes with puke, which is exactly what the Blue Devil is pointing at. Wait, is that actually a dance move? Oh that's sad.
Kansas Jayhawks:
Have you ever seen something look so dead in the eyes? It's like Big Jay saw the future, and Donald Trump is the president and all Jay can do is mindlessly cheer at the tournament; not even a number 1 seed for Kansas can dull his mental anguish.
Gonzaga Bulldogs:
Imagine waking up every morning and looking in the mirror, knowing you're a bulldog but looking like a bear. Imagine working out everyday, believing that bulging biceps and tremendous triceps will fix your insecurities. Except then they don't. And that's when you become the Gonzaga mascot.
University of Virginia Cavaliers:
A number notable people call themselves UVA alumni. The first three that come up when you google "university of virginia mascot" are Tina Fey, Woodrow Wilson, and Larry Sabato (he wrote my AP U.S. gov textbook). The Cavaliers are also commonly referred to as the Wahoos, or Hoos for short (oh my god that is so embarrassing). So, with that knowledge it appears that this "Wahoo," dressed in traditional Revolutionary-era garb (did you know that Thomas Jefferson founded UVA?) is participating is a strange secret society ritual (UVA has a lot of secret societies), praising their notable alumni.
Iowa State Cyclones:
According to common lore (Wikipedia), since a cyclone was difficult to represent as a mascot, ISU chose Cy the Cardinal to represent their school. Unsurprisingly, Iowa State is also a technology-centric school, as any liberal arts institution would have easily figured out a way to make a cyclone a mascot. (Then again, maybe not. See IU below). Anyway, if you look at CBS's artistic representation of Cy, you would think that ISU's mascot is more of a T. rex with with a Barry Bonds circa 2004 steroid problem. Just look that those eyes and teeth!!
North Carolina Tar Heels:
The Tar Heel just silently farted in public and thought it would go unnoticed, except for that it smelled SO badly, and now he has to make a big to-do about it, so that the other mascots don't think it's him.
But they all know.
Villanova Wildcats:
First, the official name of the Villanova Wildcat is Will D. Cat. What does the D stand for? Second, when I googled "university of villanova" I saw this headline.
It appears that Will D. Cat is enraged by this behavior. Why are people using liquid LSD to get excited for the big game? Is his cheering not enough? Stay tuned for Will D. Cat's existential crisis...
Notre Dame Fighting Irish:
Leprechauns are notoriously short, at least that's I remember from that Disney Original Movie, Luck of the Irish. Does Disney even make those movies anymore? Anyway Leprechaun (that's literally the mascot's name), is clearly cupping his ear trying to hear what's going on around him because he's OBVIOUSLY way too short to be at a basketball game. Seriously, the players must be humongous compared to him.
University of Miami Hurricanes:
Like Iowa State, The U couldn't figure out how to make a weather phenomenon into a mascot, so that's how we get Sebastian the Ibis. What even is an Ibis?
Yeah I have nothing else to say about Sebs the Ibis.
Indiana University Hoosiers:
"What is a Hoosier?" If you haven't been asked this question at least 50 times, then you can't really call yourself a Hoosier. Apparently no one at CBS Sports is a Hoosier cause they choose Tom Crean in candy striped pants doing the dab as IU's mascot.
University of Maryland Terrapins:
Have you ever been to College Park, MD? That's where UMD is. If you haven't, you're not missing much. I've been there on numerous occasions, and can assure you that Testudo's hands? fins? turtle paws? are not raised upright in a cheering position, rather are around his head as he thinks "WHYYYY what did I do to deserve living the rest of my life (and don't forget turtles live super long lives so Testudo is there for awhile) in College Park???" Oof.
Syracuse University Orange:
Once upon a time, Cuse was the Orangemen, until they realized that was sort of sexist, and you know what woman want to-and deserve to also be a citrus fruit. That glum face is the face of an a fruit who just realized that they represent a school in upstate New York, where an orange tree wouldn't survive more than three months, thus they will be forever alone.
University of Oklahoma Sooners:
I hate this artistic representation of a horse. I had to research what OU's mascot even was cause this horse looks like Miss Piggy's male counterpart. He looks like that awkward guy in the corner of the Root Cellar on Disco Night who drank enough to start dancing, but he should probably never do that again.
University of Wisconsin Badgers:
Oh Bucky, you are definitely one of the cuter mascots in not just the BIG10, but in all of D1 sports. How CBS managed to make you look creepy is truly a testament to their...skills. Honestly, Bucky just looks really constipated. Too much beer and cheese curds probably.
Texas A&M Aggies:
I actually have nothing bad to say about Reveille. The Aggies' mascot has it's own website, explaining the rich history behind this adorable dog. Plus, the way that A&M got into the Sweet 16 is truly insane. All around, good job.
University of Oregon Ducks:
Oh my god this thing looks like Donald Duck if Donald Duck did a couple lines and his pupils enlarged by 50%. He is also a bit bow-legged and appears to be wearing fuzzy leg warmers. The two thumbs up though are a nice touch.
Hopefully the games will be better than these mascots. Go IU.
(03/07/16 4:28am)
Congrats, you're currently reading an award-winning website! That's right, over the weekend WIUX won best college radio website, plus best college radio station in the country. Pretty, pretty, pretty cool. Anyway, here's some music before a much needed spring break.
Karen O- Ooo
Have you watched the new show, "Love" on Netflix yet? Literally everyone I talk to about it either hates it or thinks its fine. I really liked it! Maybe because I like shows where you actually hate all the main characters, or maybe because Bertie is an incredible character. Anyway, the show has a great soundtrack, and this song from Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs closed up episode 9. You know when you hear a song and you have a moment of profound clarity, where it's just like yes, this is right? This song is right.
Mitski- Your Best American Girl
I've already written about how much I love this song. In an interview with NPR, Mitski said that this album will embrace her version of pop music, and let me tell you I am so excited to hear Puberty 2 after this song.
Apple Cider, I Don't Mind- Modern Baseball
When NPR premiered this song, they described it as "mope-y but danceable," and suddenly there was a phrase for my favorite kind of music! But they said it sounded like The Cure, sure, but it actually sounds like The Killers. If you know anything about MoBo, you know they love The Killers and end most of their shows with a cover. On "Apple Cider", Brendan Lukens takes the lead vocal spot and finds his inner Brandon Flowers and it really shines. Opening up with a line like "did you ever love me?" is such perfect MoBo, and I love that bass line underneath "do you think we could make it?" Holy Ghost is out May 13.
Goodnight Gotham- Rihanna
Badgirlriri chops up Florence + The Machine, and obviously it's a banger.
Aphasia- Pinegrove
Great solo acoustic version of a track from Cardinal. Pinegrove is playing at Uel Zing this Friday (!!!!!!!!!) catch me there over caffeinated and maybe crying from the incredible music.
(03/02/16 4:39pm)
There are a lot of songs. A lot are bad. Literally every song Macklemore has ever had a role in, is a bad song. Do not @ me.
Mitski's single, "Your Best American Girl" off of her just-announced album Puberty 2 is a good song. In fact it's very good. If you haven't heard it yet, well what the hell are you waiting for? Get on that. Some reviews are telling you to get the tissues out, get ready to feel all the feels, whatever that's supposed to mean. You either feel things or you don't! You can't feel all the feels, that's a stupid phrase and impossible. Just listen to this song. Are you listening yet?
(02/29/16 2:41am)
In the past year or two, podcasting has exploded, as old players like NPR and new ones like Gimlet, have transformed audio storytelling into a compelling, informative and exciting landscape. Throw in transformative series like Serial and BuzzFeed's Black-centric Another Round, and you'll get at least one part of media that isn't imploding.
Sure, Radiolab is better at using sound than any other show, and Story Corps consistently provides some of the most moving first-person narratives of the 21st century, but I'm not here to talk about any of those great programs. I'm here to talk about Who? Weekly.
Who? Weekly debuted on Jan. 18 and my life hasn't been the same since. The podcast is hosted by Bobby Finger of Jezebel and Lindsey Weber, currently an editor for Dollar Shave Club, which evidently is launching a #lifestyle site. Who? Weekly exists to inform the uninformed about C-F-list celebs, a majority who owe their rise to who-dom to reality shows like The Bachelor/ette, Real Housewives, The Voice, American Idol, Keeping Up With The Kardashians as well as ABC Family shows. Bobby and Lindsey split the celeb world in two realms- either you're a Them or a Who.
If a celeb is a Them, they don't need any explaining. For example, Jennifer Lawrence. If you tell your friend that you read that JLaw ate at this cool, new brunch place, she won't say who? she'll say let's go!
On the other hand, if you tell your friend that you read that Bella Hadid ate at this cool, new brunch place, she'll probably say who?
Bella Hadid is a Who. Jennifer Lawrence is a Them.
Bobby and Lindsey act as guides through the world of Whos. Although they certainly don't know everyone, each episode opens up with them trying to stump each other with names like Pia Toscano and Hailey Baldwin, trying to figure out why exactly they're famous, or at least trying to be famous.
However, what makes Who? Weekly so great is not just Bobby and Lindsey's absurd knowledge about pop culture and their quick wit. In this relatively new era of podcasting, it seems that in order to truly succeed, the topics must be compelling, have professional-sounding production, exist in high-brow culture, and of course should be Meaningful Journalism. Who? Weekly is none of those things. They talk about literally the most meaningless events (the guy who voiced Squidward in Spongebob Squarepants recently got a DUI), sound like they're voicing in their childhood basement, and have a regular segment on what Rita Ora has been up to that week. And this is not a bad thing!
Technology is supposed to make the world, including media, more egalitarian. Anyone with an iPhone and Instagram can become a photographer just like anyone living in a volatile area with a Twitter account is now a journalist. However, with podcasting, producers and journalists keep reaching higher and higher, ignoring the people who with cheap and easy-to-use equipment, are also creating pieces to be heard and enjoyed.
Bobby and Lindsey are both great writers outside of Who? Weekly, and this series is clearly just something fun, and we're all lucky that we get to listen to their conversations because they're incredibly silly and great. Seriously, you will never hear a more passionate retelling of the Blac Chyna/Rob Kardashian/Kris Jenner saga than on Episode 3.
I may be biased because I already have an affinity for the Real Housewives series (except for Atlanta and the short-lived D.C. AND Potomac cause those women aren't even from Potomac!), made one of my New Year's resolutions to get more into the Kardashians, and have a passion for truly absurd news, but I can confidently say that Who? Weekly is the greatest podcast blows Serial out of the water.
In a world where the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nominee is a fascist with grapefruit-colored skin who won't condemn the freaking KKK, and meanwhile the world is literally melting and no one cares, and Frank Ocean still hasn't released a new album, we should welcome the Whos into our lives. They certainly won't make them any worse.
http://whoweekly.tumblr.com/post/137525859680/the-rumors-are-true-were-a-podcast-now-in-this
(02/26/16 8:07am)
Philly-based post-punk/emo/whatever you want to call them Modern Baseball announced the release date of their upcoming album, Holy Ghost.
Their third LP will come out May 13 via Run For Cover Records. The band previously hinted at a release date, stating that they planned to release their next album after they graduated from Drexel.
Holy Ghost follows their critically-acclaimed sophomore effort, 2014's You're Gonna Miss It All. In the years between, the band has released a handful of EPs, collaborative works, and toured the country, and the world.
Check out their teaser video below.
(02/23/16 4:20pm)
On Feb.16 I got to talk to Evan Stephens Hall from Montclair, NJ-based indie-rock group Pinegrove. The band just released Cardinal via Run For Cover, and we talked about how just walking around a park in the summer inspired the album, touring, and tacos.
Listening to Hall discuss how he writes and thinks about music is also very revealing. In 2016, bands and labels find it more profitable to have an album be a series of singles, rather than a complete LP. Now, fans can just buy a single song, rather than buying a full record with only three or four songs they like, and another eight they could do without. To Hall however, creating an album and telling a story is part of making music, revealing why, in eight songs, Pinegrove is able to create such a memorable album in Cardinal.
Pinegrove will be playing in Bloomington on March 11 on their way to SXSW in Austin, TX. They'll be joined by Zula, Super Regal and !mindparade at Uel Zing
(02/22/16 6:24am)
Sorry for skipping out last week, hopefully this week's edition will make up for that. I've got some great new stuff from British guys playing guitars and some old favorites that I revisited last week. It's a leap year, you're gonna need these songs to get you through an extra 24 hours.
There are very few things in this world that are more satisfying than a perfect pop song. You can come up with those things on your own time. Sure, "Soundcheck" is no saccharine pop tune, you won't hear a guitar solo like the one at the 3:10 mark on a Taylor Swift song anytime soon, but still, it's just of an ear worm as "Blank Space" is. Every part of this song is perfect from the build up to the first chorus, to the bridge that could so easily be cheesy but isn't, to the Dylan-esque snarl in the chorus as Vann McCann (what a name!) sings "and I don't need nothing!"
This one's quite the opposite of the perfect pop song, but then again it's Jake Bugg, what were you expecting? The 21-year-old singer-songwriter from Nottingham was first thrust into the music world after his self-titled 2012 record. His incredible lyrics, combined with a reedy voice led critics to proclaim him as the next Dylan- which is essentially the kiss of death. Still, he produced another record with the only and only Rick Rubin, and it was still pretty good. "On My One" takes a sharp left turn from his first two records and is incredibly introspective and dark. I love it. Bugg said that his new album, which he's almost completely self-producing, is styled after hip-hop and 70's groove. It's possible that he was playing the press with that line, cause this track is more Blood on the Tracks than Sugar Hill Gang. It's clear that Bugg is worn out from the constant touring and the press, realizing that he's alone, his home is really no longer his home anymore, and he doesn't know what's real. In other words, having the same existential crisis as any other 21-year-old, myself included.
That last song was a downer, this will bring you back up for sure. This performance, like all of her live performances of "Dog Days Are Over" is so joyous, so energetic; if you haven't seen Florence live, I highly suggest you do this summer when she's still touring. If someone wants to make me a supercut of live versions of the song for graduation, I'll happily take it <3
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Posted by GOSH PITH on Friday, February 19, 2016
New album coming out Friday from the Detroit-based electronic duo, and they even had time to record a dope Kanye cover. It's gonna be a good one.
The world is a better place because Pinegrove makes music. Each song is coated with this layer of late summer haze, there's a constant theme connecting each track on Cardinal of walking outside, creating a storyline within an already incredible album. Lucky for us, Pinegrove is set to play in Bloomington on March 11, and even better, they'll be playing at Uel Zing. What more could a person ask for? I really don't know. Maybe world peace, maybe for Donald Trump is say ha ha jk this campaign is not real, you we're all dreaming. Until then, we have Pinegrove to listen to and cold brew to drink.
(02/19/16 10:03pm)
Bloomington's very own Brenda's Friend will be the final local band to play at Culture Shock 2016. Amy Oelsner and Erin Tobey are the duo behind the band, combining their unique vocal harmonies with punk, indie-rock and grunge influences.
The band joins The Underhills. Brownies in Cinema, Dasher, Spissy and Hoops as the local music part of the Culture Shock lineup.
Under the Shrub by Brenda's Friend
The annual spring music festival will take place on Sat. April 9 in Dunn Meadow. Until then, be sure to look out for interviews with each of artists on our website. The full lineup will be released tonight, Fri. Feb. 19, and will be on our website.
(02/18/16 9:22pm)
Bloomington's guitar pop-driven HOOPS is joining the Culture Shock 2016 lineup.
The four-piece group just premiered a new track, "Feelin Fine" on FADER.
You too will be feelin' fine when HOOPS takes the stage in Dunn Meadow on April 9. Their melodic, lo-fi style will take on an idyllic sound on the 30th anniversary of WIUX's annual free, spring music festival. HOOPS joins The Underhills, Brownies in Cinema, Dasher, Spissy, and one more TBA local band, rounding up the stacked, and diverse local acts playing at Culture Shock.
The complete lineup, including headliners will be announced tomorrow evening.
(02/17/16 10:27pm)
Indie-rock duo, Spissy is the latest band set to play at Culture Shock 2016.
Spissy joins The Underhills, Brownies in Cinema and Dasher. The Bloomington-based band combines melodic vocals with danceable riffs and steady percussion, like The Strokes if they had a bit more pep in their step.
They plan to release a self-titled record in March, via Jurassic Pop.
This year, Culture Shock is celebrating its 30th anniversary of bringing free music and the best of Bloomington to Dunn Meadow. Be sure to join us on April 9th to celebrate with a day filled with great music and more.
The full Culture Shock lineup will be released on Friday, Feb. 19. Until then, keep an eye out for #cultureclues on Instagram to guess who will be playing.
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Noise-rock band Dasher is the third local on the Culture Shock 2016 lineup. The Bloomington band has a direct post-punk influence with a grittier edge, echoing a garage-rock version of Joy Division.
Originally from Atlanta, Dasher will bring the hardcore energy to Dunn Meadow. The band joins The Underhills and Brownies in Cinema, along with three more to be announced locals that will play at this year's Culture Shock.
For 30 years, WIUX has showcased the best local music Bloomington has to offer, and this year will be no different.
Go Rambo by Dasher
WIUX will be releasing the full lineup this week, culminating in the headliners announcement show on Friday. Be sure to follow WIUX on instagram @wiux991 to try to guess the #cultureclues all week long.